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POSNER/JEWISH JUVENILE BOOKS
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Fictionalized stories about seven prophets: Moses, Dvora, Sam
uel, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Quotations from their
writings that reveal their ideals and thoughts, are followed by
thought questions and activities. Humorous cartoonlike illustra
tions accompany the text.
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Emma Ansky-Levine and her mitzvah machine.
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Joel Iskowitz. NY: UAHC, 1991. 115 p. (9-12)
For her 12th birthday, Emma receives a special computerized
“Mitzvah Machine” that helps her to resolve some doubts, to dis
cover her Jewishness and the true meaning o f becoming a Bat
Mitzvah.
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Hanukkah.
Illus. by Ellen Weiss. NY: Holiday, 1990.
32 p. (3-7)
Describes the history o f Hanukkah and the ways it is celebrated
using simple words and bordered illustrations that resemble a
Greek frieze. A fine “first book1” about the holiday.
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Menorahs, mezuzas, and other Jewish symbols.
NY: Clarion,
1990. 102 p. (10-14)
An essential book that explains the history and significance o f
many Jewish symbols, such as the Shield (Star) o f David, the me-
norah, and the mezuzah, and discusses holiday symbols and rituals.
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The long way home.
Illus. by Diane de Groat. NY:
Lothrop, 1990. 172 p. (9-12)
Sally’s friendship with a former actress who now drives the camp
bus, helps her to cope with her mother’s cancer and being sep
arated from her twin sister in summer camp.
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ic h e l l e
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Chicken man.
Illus. by the author. NY: Lothrop,
1991. 32 p. (5-8)
Rody loves working in the Kibbutz chicken coops and the chick
ens love him, but Rody is so happy that others become jealous
and want his job, and the chickens suffer as a consequence. A
wry comment on human nature with the humor carried equally
in word and in the richly colored illustrations.
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i r ia m
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A ll because of Raizy.
Spring Valley, NY: Feldheim, 1990.
158 p. (9-14)
If it isn’t one thing, it’s another, but overcoming challenges
through mitzvot is the central theme o f a lively, readable series
about a group o f Orthodox Jewish girls. This book’s theme is “Klal
Yisroel.”
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It happened in Chelm: a story of the legendary
town o f fools.
Illus. by Nik Krevitsky. NY: Shapolsky, 1990. unp.
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When their shops are robbed by bandits at night, the inhabitants